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I sure wish I could find someone with pictures and videos of him. ❤

Do any of you remember my papa Billy McDonald? He passed in 08 but was a huge part of Jeepers Jamboree and rubicon trail every year for most of his 68 years.

Keep Public Lands Open To The Public. Good information.

The fewer numbers you have, the less power you have. It is my understanding that model ts used to be able to use this trail/road. It became popular for use by surplus jeeps. How many of these vehicles could use this trail now? It's a number game and your putting yourself, us out of business. I have a stock 1976 CJ7 quardratrac, could it make it through there now?

so cool! I could watch these old films all day. Love it. only wish it had sound

More!

been going to the Rubicon for years and it is so cool to hear these stories. I just ran the trail again 3 weeks ago after 15 year hiatus and already cant wait to get back. I have always come in via Loon, but next trip is going to be the original route through Wentworth and I can hardly wait.

I love who ever cut this film! Splicing in the elephant and monkeys had me dieing laughing. The dune buddy footage was super cool to. Great movie!

Excellent video!

So you can't drink and drive on the trail but you can drive, stop and drink, then drive. Sounds like my type of tail. 😂

I've been wheeling Rubicon for 47 years and never hesrd of this crazy names

After 47 years of wheeling the Rubicon I do remember the good old days and that includes the pirate snd zombie days because that was fun to lol

Thank you for your diligent work.

Could have filmed a Beer Tree / Heat Related video given the advice of plenty of fluids. :)

Please note: There is a mistake in the intro, it's PILINGS not PYLONS. Sorry, I just mistakingly said the wrong word and didn't notice until afterward.

Gracias

Thanks for the video and I think I want to donate because this is how you work together with the community and I'm kind of excited because that part of trail is very boring We have a chance now to make actually more wheeling on the Rubicon where that's going through that is I don't believe that's a road so I mean this is could be a good thing and exciting thing and Barker pass is always been my favorite way out anyway

Wow, uncle Paul. Don't know if that's the Paul that visited us yearly at our Rubicon Ramblers event in September. He was a care taker of sorts at your property. RIP Paul.

This project is very expansive and more than what is needed. You are talking about a huge bypass to alleviate a section of trail which is only about 200 feet in length. This could be accomplished with a lot less money, which by the way RTF hasn’t spent that much money on the trail in years. Case law doesn’t mean you can bypass written contracts with the Forest Service which has to guarantee the RS2477 would be implemented on the new section of trail. If not then the FS can close that new section of trail when they wish to. As far as RTF funding, why are you refusing to show the financial records of your 501C3 corporation as requested. Another point should be how is Mike Barr getting a contract when it hasn’t been put out to bid? And I appreciate El Dorado County, but this project is in Placer County and on Forest Service land. Also, this project had a previous grant for planning with El Dorado County that was not fulfilled. There was an agreement in place for the FS to do the work and the County to reimburse about $25,000.00, but this did not happen and the grant was returned without an expense and was unfulfilled. Lastly, where is it documented that the RS2477 will be maintained for the bypasses that will be re-routed around? These areas should not be abandoned or closed. There can be alternates but the original trail should remain. The public should not give up any rights to the original trail. There are just too many questions about this issue that have not been addressed.

how is this good news?

Will there be info on the RTF website for volunteers?

This is so cool love to see this process! Great example of creative ways to keep trails open!

Are all routes that existed before the repeal of rs2477 in 1976 protected? Half of my clubs trail was closed by the CA wilderness expansion act of 1984. It seems like it should have been made a corridor like the other trails were in my area. Id love to get more info on this subject, do you know who i can talk to?

Had me sweating bullets for a second...😅

Happy to see the Maniac is a part of it. I’m just a shovel but happy to help as well.

Ken, Thank you for moving this towards reality. Only a proactive approach will keep the Rubicon a beautiful and challenging point to point route. The reroute terrain affords some great design opportunities. Will

Won't the road work have to go out to bid being that it is government funded public work?

After wheeling Rubicon for 45 years I'm excited about a new section

Thank you RTF for the update, hope this keeps the trail open for many more years to come.

Awesome news, Ken and RTF. Thanks for putting this out. You go, Mike Barr.

Are there any other RS2477 routes in California?

Thanks for the update! I'm liking this a lot!

Let's hope this re-route works out as well as SlickRock where the trail actually improved.

Wow, that’s wild

Wow

Cool!

Thanks for the shout out.

Thanks Sam!

100% agree but also keep a metal D-ring handy for rigs that are setup for those.

Great tip John. 👍

Nice video !! Interesting that Steve mentioned his old Land Rover. There are several RTF videos that show 1960's Rubicon trips with a 1948-1950 Land Rover series I 80" wheelbase, and at least one of the videos shows a late 1950's / early 1960's Land Rover 109" station wagon. I wonder if either of those was his. On a side note, as awful as modern Land Rovers are, don't underestimate the rock climbing ability of the really old ones, even on 7.50x16 bias plies. I had just noticed a disbelieving chuckle by the interviewer when Steve mentioned climbing that hill in his old 1962 Land Rover 109" I've driven these obstacles and the rest of the Rubicon many times in my old Rovers, both in stock form and built.

Excellent video! thank you

Lots of booty shots 👍

Very cool. Rock crawling in Dune buggies😊. Not a 37" tire insight😅

Great video guys! Very informative

I love that trail. Did it twice in 2023q

👍🏾 let's go wheeling

I made it through there on 31s with a 4” lift grand Cherokee around new years. We made it to the first pull off on the left. I didn’t want to get the family stranded so we hung for a little and had lunch and went back to the camper. Will be back with someone and spare parts shortly

Thanks for putting out the info, we will continue to share it out! Keep up the good work RTF!

Thanks for the reminder